Example Sentences

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Inflicting boredom on visiting journalists is an underrated achievement for a country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

Inflicting a ninth consecutive defeat on Hibs at Ibrox was aided and abetted by some slapstick defending.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2023

Inflicting a first defeat on previously unbeaten Slovakia left Croatia — the 2018 World Cup runner-up — on 10 points, the same number as Europe Group H leader Russia.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2021

Inflicting pain on Saudi Arabia, analysts say, could change that dynamic.

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2019

Oft fostered on the lap of ease, Grow racking pain and foul disease, And nervous whims, a ghastly train, Inflicting more than corp’ral pain: Oft gold and shining pedigree Prove only splendid misery.

From Cottage Poems by Brontë, Patrick